Railway-rail splice



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RAILWAY RAIL SPLICE.

I N0. 508,900.- P atentedNov. 14,1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALOYSIUS MCHUGH, OF MOKEES ROCKS, PENNSYLVANIA.

-R Al LWAY-YRAI L SPLICE.

, SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 508,900, dated November 14, 1893. Applicationfiled March 11,1893- Serial No. 465,685- (No model.)

T at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALOYSIUS MOHUGH, a

' citizen of the United .States, residing at Mo- ,in an inwardly sloping surface 5.

opposite this plate 2 and at the otheror outer Kees-Rocks, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway- Rail Splices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable oth-- ers skilled in the art to which it pertainsto make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improved splice bar, for railway rails, and consists in certain 4 is a sectional plan view of the finished splice,

said section taken on the line X-X of Fig. 1.

To put my invention into practice with ordinary railway rails 1, I provide a plate 2 adapted to fit against the inner side of the web of the rail, and pass over the inner flange, and beneath the rail toa point a short distance beyond the outer flange, and terminate Arranged side of the rail 1 is'another' plate 4 the lower edge of which is beveled to fit neatly against the inclined surface 5, and the upper edge beneath the-tread of the rail, as will be seen by reference to Fig. 1 on the drawings. Each of these plates 2, and 4. is provided with circular depressions, formed on the inner. surfaces, in which short tapering pins 6 are arranged, being first passed through openings formed 'gether.

near each end of the rails 1. Each of these plates above described is providedwith spike openings 3-8, constructed and arranged n a manner that when the spikes are driven into the ties the two plates will draw tightly to- In operation, the plate 2 is first placed inposition, each end of which is resting on separate ties, the pins 6 arranged in position, and the plate 4slipped in position endwise. Spikes are now driven through the openings 3 at each end of the plate 2, and the splice or connection completed by driving spikes through the openings 8 of the plate-4 in a manner that the same will draw the said plate inward to wedge and support the tread of the rail 1, thereby forming a splice without the use of bolts or nuts, and rendering the samesolld, rigid, and substantial.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and .desire to secure by LettersPatent is- Ih combination with, the rails 1, the bar 2, constructed to fit neatly about the inner side of the web, the inner flange, andbase of the I rail, the inclined surface 5 projecting beyond the outer flange of the rails, the bar 4 one edge resting on said inclined surface 5,'and the otherbeneath the tread of the rails,'the pins 6 passing through the rails into each of the said plates, and the openings 3, and 8 formed in the plates in a manner that when spiked to the ties the same will draw the two plates together, all arranged and combined for service, substantially as'and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I hereunto affix my signature this l ith'day of February, A. D. 1893.

ALOYSIUS MCHUGH. [L. s.]

In presence of MILES BRYAN, M. E. HARRISON. 

